Corrie de Bruin explained

Corrie de Bruin (born October 26, 1976, in Dordrecht, South Holland) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she didn't reach the final, after having thrown 55.48 metres in the qualifying heats.

The younger sister of discus thrower Erik de Bruin, she was Holland's undisputed leading shot putter in the 1990s and played a leading role in discus throwing alongside Jacqueline Goormachtigh as well. De Bruin won the world title in discus throwing at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Achievements

Representing the
1993European Junior ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain3rdShot put16.76 m
1stDiscus throw55.30 m
1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal4thShot put16.79 m
bgcolor=gold1stDiscus throw55.18 m
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland15th (q)Shot put16.66 m
20th (q)Discus throw54.76 m
1995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain10thShot put16.90 m
European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary1stShot put17.76 m
1stDiscus throw57.46 m
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden14th (q)Shot put17.01 m
20th (q)Discus throw58.14 m
UniversiadeFukuoka, Japan3rdShot put17.82 m
4thDiscus throw59.12 m
1996Atlanta, United States36th (q)Discus throw55.48 m
1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France12thShot put17.36 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland2ndShot put18.06 m
1stDiscus throw57.72 m
UniversiadeCatania, Italybgcolor=silver2ndShot put18.65 m
1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain3rdShot put18.97 m
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7thShot put18.28 m

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